About Thomas
Thomas Bentley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing addiction, anger, relationship strain, parenting stress, and changes in life. He speaks in plain terms and focuses on practical steps people can take. He wants clients to feel heard and to build on the strengths they already have.
Bentley centers sessions on the person’s goals and lived experience. He uses straightforward conversation to clarify what matters most and to set achievable steps.
Background and approach
That can mean talking through parenting challenges, rebuilding self-esteem, or creating routines to improve sleep. His approach mixes problem-solving tools with gentle attention to feelings. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thinking.
He also uses Client-Centered methods to keep the work focused on each person’s priorities. Thomas brings four years of professional practice and a background in social work in Florida. He holds a Florida LCSW, credential FL LCSW SW20093, and uses that experience to navigate practical barriers people face when making changes.
Sessions often include simple skills practice, short-term goal planning, and motivation-focused conversation. He supports people coping with trauma history, intimacy-related concerns, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress. The work is paced to match each person’s readiness for change.
People who choose him can expect collaboration, clear next steps, and attention to daily life changes. He encourages clients to use their own strengths while trying out new ways of thinking and acting.
How his approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy puts your priorities first and relies on listening and reflection to shape each session. It helps when someone needs to sort out what matters most and make decisions that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems, anger, and addictive behaviors.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and what’s been tried before. Sessions may shift over time as needs change and progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and texting let people share updates, try brief exercises, or get support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into work, caregiving, or other responsibilities and to support steady momentum toward goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English